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Show The Park Record A-16 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 30-August 2, 2005 Police dogs teach Park City kids some new tricks victim and discussed how she should be questioned to learn about the attacker, Andrascik said. In one crime, police found three sets of footprints leading to a reservoir, but only two coming back, and discovered that someone had been taken there and dumped, Andrascik continued. "It was really weird because it's hard for a case to be solved by footprints!" Andrascik said. A highlight of the weeklong class was a visit from Summit Crime Solvers class teaches youth about drugs, forensics By JAREP WHITLEY Of the Record staff Marijuana is a gateway drug, plaster footprint molds can help cops catch crooks, and it's a third-degree felony to tease a police dog. These and many more law enforcement facts were the subject of this week's "Crime Solvers" class, which members of the Summit /County Sheriff's Department taught through Park City Community Education. Arthur Occon, 9, said, "We learn how to tell between sugar and drugs, we learn how to tell fingerprints. We get to do lots of fun stuff." This week Occon learned that the most addictive drug is heroin, and taking two drugs at the same time multiplies their effect. "If you take two drugs at the same time, you can die that very second," Occon saidThe police showed children samples of methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. "Meth is by far the worst of these," said Chentelle Daley, youth services detective. "It smells like cat pee." A meth house is "like a toxic waste site," said Detective Ron Bridge. Children learned how different drugs are prepared, and how cocaine is often mixed with rat poison or baking soda to increase "That's how fast he is," Bridge said. Moreover, Castor wears a bulletproof vest/harness that Bridge can attach to his vest if he has.to repel down a vertical face or from a helicopter. Bridge demonstrated how Castor could find evidence, hiding a marijuana-scented rag-toy in the classroom. Detective Rochelle Poulson explained that their police dogs receive commands in German so other people don't understand I think crime solving is really fun and they told us that we would work with fingerprint dust and stuff." - Destiny Allen 12-year-old SCOTT SINE/PARKRECORD Summit County Detective Ron Bridge leads police dog Castor in a mock drug-sniffing demonstration. CSI: Park City the sellable amount. When hero- concerned about testing positive in is mixed with cocaine, it's for drugs. Bridge explained she'd The class also explored forencalled a "speedball," Daley have to eat about 5,000 muffins sics, learning how police gather at a time for that to be the case. explained, which can be lethal. evidence like fingerprints to "That's scary!" one girl said. One student asked, "Can you solve a crime. Sarah Andrascik, 12, said, "Are they just stupid?" anoth- get high by snorting pixie sticks and smartees?" "We learned about crimes, we er asked. Bridge said no, and suggested learned about an assault, and it Heroin comes from poppies, which are also used in some he not try. "It'll hurt your nose," was really fun." muffins. One girl asked if she ate he said. The police teachers showed those muffins if she should be anonymous pictures of an assault County's two police dogs: Thomas and Castor. Dogs are used for tracking people, finding evidence, and smelling drugs, Bridge explained. Even if people have drugs in their car or locker, a police dog can detect them. "Their noses are so strong they can smell those things for ages," Bridge continued. Police dogs are also trained to protect their human counterparts. The dog Castor's reflexes are so attuned, that he could protect Bridge from an attacker standing one foot from him. . what is communicated. Ingrid Jorgensen, 10, said, "It's against the law to tease the dog and I learned a little bit more about how it tracks and stuff."Destiny Allen, 12, took the class "because I think crime solving is really fun and they told us that we would work with fingerprint dust and stuff." Forrest Young, 10, learned that when meth is cooked, it can explode, and there is only one murder case in Park City per year. "I thought that was really interesting" Young said. v Battling the burn: skin cancer rate focusing more care on kids By JENNY DEAM MediaNews Group Wire Service Denver __ The clock says 3 p.m., the thermometer has passed 100, and Zenith Ward, pool supervisor at Eisenhower Recreation Center, orders everyone out of the water. "Into the shade," bellows the 20-year-old, bullhorn in hand, just as the day's heat record and everyone in earshot was turning to toast last week. As the pool empties for a break. Ward and the other lifeguards stroll the perimeter, urging children and their parents to reapply sunscreen. Forget to bring some? No problem. Giant, 1-gallon jugs complete with easy-access pumps are available at pool's edge. A squirt is free, and no skimping allowed. A purpose lies behind this generosity and a healthy slathering of goo. For the past three years, all of Denver's Parks and Recreation outdoor pools, as well as those in most of the area's suburbs, have participated in a national program called Pool Cool to study _ and fundamentally change _ people's behavior regarding skin cancer prevention. "Skin cancer is the fastestgrowing form of cancer in the country," says Tom Elliott, project director at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. By age 18, according to some studies, children will already have received as much as 80 percent of their lifelong skin damage from the sun. 'The idea is to get to them young," Elliott says. He hopes repeating the sunscreen message enough will make it automatic, just like brushing teeth or any other health, habit. ^f White ail ages can participate in Pool Cool, the target age range for the program is 5 to 10 years. In many ways, the clock is ticking for those trying to spread the message to today's children: Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is now the leading cause of cancer death among women ages 25 to 29. Those cases typically come from years of exposure to the sun, usually in childhood. About one in 70 people will be diagnosed with melanoma in their lifetime. And the numbers continijetp cljmb. Nationally, cases of melanoma increased about 10 percent between 2004 and 2005. In addition to melanoma, 1 million new cases of basal or squamous cell skin cancer, considered less serious but potentially disfiguring, were diagnosed last year. Still, for as often as those statistics are spoken to young ears, a disconnect seemingly exists between knowledge and action when children reach teenage years and believe themselves to be invincible. A 2002 study by Pediatrics medical journal found that more than a third of 17-year-old girls acknowledged using tanning salons because they thought they looked better with a tan. Among 14-year-olds, it was 7 percent. _-,, That becomes even more troubling when coupled with d$ta from the American Academy^of Dermatology, which surveyed,\2to 17-year-olds. When they w,ere asked if they knew suntanning could be dangerous, a resounding 79 percent said "yes." So new strategies are npw being developed since scary statistics alone are not doing the tri^k. In California, Valerie Guildj a . please see Sunburn. A-17 fr n, v.. WHERE IN THE WORLD Do You WANT TO G O ? Europe! Disneyland! HAWAII! Vega$! (fluMxnMaJ Cancun! Park Record. 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